You are the owner of this article.A report issued by the nation’s top health agency this week says Mardi Gras likely accelerated the spread of the new coronavirus in Louisiana, but the agency conceded it did not advise anyone in the U.S. to consider canceling large events until more than two weeks after the famed New Orleans street party.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , issued Friday, supports claims made by Gov. John Bel Edwards and New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell that the country’s leading medical experts never warned them to cancel parades or other large Carnival...…You are the owner of this article.A report issued by the nation’s top health agency this week says Mardi Gras likely accelerated the spread of the new coronavirus in Louisiana, but the agency conceded it did not advise anyone in the U.S. to consider canceling large events until more than two weeks after the famed New Orleans street party.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , issued Friday, supports claims made by Gov. John Bel Edwards and New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell that the country’s leading medical experts never warned them to cancel parades or other large Carnival...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Tom Dempsey of New Orleans kicks a 63-yard field goal on Nov. 8, 1970, against the Detroit Lions at Tulane Stadium. With that last-minute score, the Saints won, 19-17. The field goal was tied for the longest in NFL history until 2013. (Photo by G. E. Arnold, | The Times-Picayune archive) ORG XMIT: NOLA1608121454151620New Orleans Saints icon Tom Dempsey, photographed Friday, Jan. 7, 2005. After he kicked an NFL-record 63-yard field goal in 1970, Dempsey was mobbed by his teammates and carried off the field on their...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Tom Dempsey of New Orleans kicks a 63-yard field goal on Nov. 8, 1970, against the Detroit Lions at Tulane Stadium. With that last-minute score, the Saints won, 19-17. The field goal was tied for the longest in NFL history until 2013. (Photo by G. E. Arnold, | The Times-Picayune archive) ORG XMIT: NOLA1608121454151620New Orleans Saints icon Tom Dempsey, photographed Friday, Jan. 7, 2005. After he kicked an NFL-record 63-yard field goal in 1970, Dempsey was mobbed by his teammates and carried off the field on their...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Archbishop Gregory Aymond at his office at the Archdiocese of New Orleans on Monday, June 24, 2019.Archdiocese of New Orleans priests leave St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church after meeting with Archbishop Gregory Aymond in Metairie, Thursday, April 30, 2020. (Photo by David Grunfeld, , The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)Archdiocese of New Orleans priests leave St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church after meeting with Archbishop Gregory Aymond in Metairie, Thursday, April 30, 2020. (Photo by David Grunfeld, ,...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Archbishop Gregory Aymond at his office at the Archdiocese of New Orleans on Monday, June 24, 2019.Archdiocese of New Orleans priests leave St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church after meeting with Archbishop Gregory Aymond in Metairie, Thursday, April 30, 2020. (Photo by David Grunfeld, , The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)Archdiocese of New Orleans priests leave St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church after meeting with Archbishop Gregory Aymond in Metairie, Thursday, April 30, 2020. (Photo by David Grunfeld, ,...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.In a clear sign of concern about potential criminal charges, a retired New Orleans priest who is accused in a lawsuit of sexually molesting “countless” children invoked his constitutional rights against self-incrimination shortly before his deposition.Lawrence Hecker, through his attorney, served notice March 13 — during the early days of New Orleans’ coronavirus pandemic — that he would essentially exercise his right to remain silent “from this point forward” in a lawsuit filed against him and the...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.In a clear sign of concern about potential criminal charges, a retired New Orleans priest who is accused in a lawsuit of sexually molesting “countless” children invoked his constitutional rights against self-incrimination shortly before his deposition.Lawrence Hecker, through his attorney, served notice March 13 — during the early days of New Orleans’ coronavirus pandemic — that he would essentially exercise his right to remain silent “from this point forward” in a lawsuit filed against him and the...WW…